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Originally from Lifford in Co Donegal, Maria White grew up drinking milk from Donegal Creameries and now, by chance, she has ended up working at Killygordon.

It’s nice to work for Aurivo, especially as I know so much about the company and its products. My family have always bought our milk from Donegal Creameries so it’s nice to be part of that team and see how the products are made first hand,” says Maria, who studied a Bachelor of Science in Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in GMIT.

Originally from Lifford in Co Donegal, Maria White grew up drinking milk from Donegal Creameries and now, by chance, she has ended up working at Killygordon.

“It’s nice to work for Aurivo, especially as I know so much about the company and its products. My family have always bought our milk from Donegal Creameries so it’s nice to be part of that team and see how the products are made first hand,” says Maria, who studied a Bachelor of Science in Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in GMIT.

Her role as quality co-ordinator sees her do a little bit of everything from quality control to packaging approval and new product development.

She enjoys the new product development — including the new strawberry and chocolate flavoured milks — the most, especially the behind the scenes work.

“I love to see ideas being worked on by the team and then becoming real products available in store. The product development team discuss recipes and lots of trials are carried out. After that we test the shelf life and nutrition of the product and then it’s over to packaging design,” explains Maria.

After the product is designed, Maria carries out blind taste tests with the clients.

‘Usually the team works on two or three different versions of a recipe and those are tested against competing brands. It’s a very interesting side to my job.’

Her role as quality co-ordinator sees her do a little bit of everything from quality control to packaging approval and new product development.

She enjoys new product development — including the new strawberry and chocolate flavoured milks — the most, especially the behind the scenes work.

“I love to see ideas being worked on by the team and then becoming real products available in store. The product development team discuss recipes and lots of trials are carried out. After that we test the shelf life and nutrition of the product and then it’s over to packaging design,” explains Maria.

After the product is designed, Maria carries out blind taste tests with the clients.

‘Usually the team works on two or three different versions of a recipe and those are tested against competing brands. It’s a very interesting side to my job.’